MONROE — Local motorists should spend less time waiting for trains at several crossings on the city’s east side thanks to the replacement in the past week of an aging railroad bridge over the River Raisin.

Benjamin W. Raitz, whose tenure as supervising deputy of the U.S. Marshals Service for northwest Ohio won praise from a federal judge and the U.S. attorney general, died Tuesday in Ebeid Hospice Residence in Sylvania. He was 81.

ANN ARBOR — Sometimes the best way to do real-world testing is to create your own reality.

Published 16 hours ago
3-vehicle crash closes I-75 north in Hancock Co.
FINDLAY -- A three-vehicle crash with injuries late Saturday closed northbound I-75 at Allen Township Road 99 in Hancock County, troopers at the Findlay post of the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

Published 20 hours ago
Memorial service held for Randall Smith
A six-mile procession of motorcycles along Paulding's Water Street past Paulding High School started the local memorial service Saturday for PO 2nd Class Randall Smith, who died two days after being wounded in a gunman's attack on a military recruiting office in Tennessee.